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NP Red Lake River Bridge

Polk County, Minnesota
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Overview
Lost Warren through truss bridge over Red Lake River, Bridge Street, Robert Street on Removed Northern Pacific Railroad
Location
Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built a variaty of dates, removed 1973 after the abandonedment from Crookston to E. Grand Forks
Design
East Approach 4 Spans Trestle (1948)
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1-54' Deck Plate Girder (1948)
Robert Street: 1 Skewed 106' Through Plate Girder (1937)
1-39' Deck Plate Girder (1937)
1-45' Deck Plate Girder (1937)
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Bridge Street: 1-42' Deck Plate Girder (1917)
2-20' Deck Plate Girder (1917)
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Red Lake River: 14 Spans Trestle (1948)
1-150' Warren Through Truss (1917)
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West Approach: 15 Spans Trestle (1953)
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 967.0 ft.
Also called
NP Crookston Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.77249, -96.60197   (decimal degrees)
47°46'21" N, 96°36'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/679662/5293798 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Crookston
Inventory number
BH 52767 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1917 (395)
Built during 1910s (6,730)
Crookston, Minnesota (2)
Deck girder (1,800)
Girder (3,236)
Lost (10,360)
Lost 1973 (16)
Lost during 1970s (136)
Minnesota (916)
Northern Pacific Railroad (60)
Pin-connected (1,519)
 Plate girder (2,250)
Polk County, Minnesota (17)
Railroad (4,070)
Skewed (4,080)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,954)
Through girder (1,134)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Truss (23,567)
Warren through truss (926)
Warren truss (3,957)

Update Log 

  • June 28, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added categories "Pin-connected", "Skewed"

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